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Described as possibly the strangest breakup album, Marvin Gaye dedicated this double album to his ex-wife, detailing how painful his divorce had been. It included a strange Star Wars fantasy sequence about them reuniting in outer space in three centuries.
Marvin Gaye put an album called Hear My Dear. And this album is just really about his divorce and just like how painful that divorce has been. And the album is dedicated to her.
— Episode: The art of the breakup album
Episode: The art of the breakup album
Described as possibly the strangest breakup album, Marvin Gaye dedicated this double album to his ex-wife, detailing how painful his divorce had been. It included a strange Star Wars fantasy sequence about them reuniting in outer space in three centuries.
Marvin Gaye put an album called Hear My Dear. And this album is just really about his divorce and just like how painful that divorce has been. And the album is dedicated to her.
And it goes the strangest places. Like there's one kind of Star Wars fantasy about them hooking up in three centuries from now in outer space.